While LeBron James' struggles at the free-throw line continued in Sunday's win against the Hawks, the Lakers star still managed to put the Lakers ahead after an empty trip to the line. He took advantage of the Hawks' ball watching and slammed home a go-ahead dunk off a putback.

An offensive player who deliberately hangs on his basket ring, net, backboard or support during the game shall be assessed a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul.

Now, the Hawks eventually called a timeout following the dunk, so that may have been why LeBron wasn't called for the technical. Still, he was already hanging on the rim for several seconds by the time Atlanta called timeout. It would have been a controversial call to make in that moment, but it would have been difficult to argue given that he was on the rim (and not avoiding potential injury) for nearly 10 seconds.

And in that case, LeBron was on the rim for just under three seconds. On Sunday night, he was up there for nearly three times as long.

Since the play took place in the final two minutes of the game, the NBA will give its assessment on the no-call in the L2M report. Just don't be surprised if LeBron got away with a costly and unnecessary technical.